1Ti 2:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. Whereunto —For the giving of which testimony. I am ordained —literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. ( ). preacher —literally, "herald" ( ). He recurs to himself, as in , in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" ( ). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion here, where he is arguing to prove that prayers are to be made "for all men" ( ). I speak the truth . . . and lie not —a strong asseveration of his universal commission, characteristic of the ardor of the apostle, exposed to frequent conflict ( ). in faith and verity —rather, "in the faith and the truth." The sphere in which his ministry was appointed to be exercised was the faith and the truth ( ): the Gospel truth, the subject matter of the faith [WIESINGER ].

1 Timothy 2:7

7. Whereunto—For the giving of which testimony.

I am ordained—literally, "I was set": the same Greek, as "putting me," &c. (1Ti 1:12).

preacher—literally, "herald" (1Co 1:21; 9:27; 15:11; 2Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3). He recurs to himself, as in 1Ti 1:16, in himself a living pattern or announcement of the Gospel, so here "a herald and teacher of (it to) the Gentiles" (Ga 2:9; Eph 3:1-12; Col 1:23). The universality of his commission is an appropriate assertion here, where he is arguing to prove that prayers are to be made "for all men" (1Ti 2:1).

I speak the truth . . . and lie not—a strong asseveration of his universal commission, characteristic of the ardor of the apostle, exposed to frequent conflict (Ro 11:1; 2Co 11:13).

in faith and verity—rather, "in the faith and the truth." The sphere in which his ministry was appointed to be exercised was the faith and the truth (1Ti 2:4): the Gospel truth, the subject matter of the faith [WIESINGER].